ABILENE, Texas (AP) - Trial is to open this week of a West Texas woman who says her military husband’s deployment overseas left her too stressed to care for their three children, including a 22-month-old daughter who died.
Jury selection is scheduled for Monday in Abilene in the trial of Tiffany Klapheke (klah-PEEK’). She’s charged with injury to a child in the August 2012 death of Tamryn Klapheke, who died of malnutrition and dehydration.
If convicted, the mother could receive a sentence of up to life imprisonment. A ruling is still pending, though, on a defense motion to quash the indictment.
Airman Thomas Klapheke divorced his wife. The state has temporary conservatorship with their father granted restrictive custody.
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